Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 368 The Third Ring Mission Completed

"Last question, how much money did the movie company make from 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2'?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Excluding taxes, the revenue is approximately $3.67 million and the profit is $2.67 million," Mr. Eisen gave the answer.

"It's a bit too little..." Lin Yuan sighed.

After hearing Lin Yuan's answer, Mr. Eisen was really speechless. He was really used to the speed of the nuclear-powered money printing machine, and even robbing money was too slow.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" grossed $2 billion worldwide. With Disney's domineering negotiation skills, as the producer, it should be able to get 16.7% of the box office share.

Linyuan Films and Disney jointly borne the $2.5 million production cost and shared the $9.2 million box office revenue.

Previously, at Lin Yuan’s request, Mr. Eisen took a 40% investment share, which means a cost of US$1 million in exchange for US$3.67 million in revenue.

A movie earned $2.67 million, with a profit margin of nearly 3 times, and you still think it’s not enough?
The main reason is that the profits of "The King of Spy Wars" were too astonishing, which completely raised Lin Yuan's threshold too much, making it difficult for him to feel satisfied now.

"The King of Spy Wars" brought a total profit of US$10 billion to Linyuan Film Company.

This amount is nearly four times that of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

After all, it is a project led by Disney, and a lot of profits have to be shared out, which is far less enjoyable than having it all to yourself.

This is also the main reason why Lin Yuan wants to withdraw from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series. After all, he feels bad about having to give up so much profit.

After filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", he was ready to say goodbye to this film series completely.

"Disney is very pleased with the performance of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film series and hopes to collaborate with us on more projects," said Mr. Eisen.

"Cooperation is possible, but it can only be cooperation between companies. I personally will not participate in the filming of the movie." Lin Yuan replied.

Are you kidding me! I was just about to get rid of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and now I'm taking on a new movie?
But he would not refuse to make a joint venture to produce a movie, just like he did with Warner, Paramount and Universal, taking advantage of Lin Yuan's foresight in business.

After all, this kind of thing is a good way to make some money easily, there is no risk, and it is a sure win.

"Of course, as long as you are willing to cooperate, Disney will be very satisfied. Now they have full confidence in your vision. Do you have any ideas about cooperation?" asked Mr. Eisen.

"Of course, in fact, I have made some preparations a long time ago." Lin Yuan took out a plan and handed it to Mr. Eisen.

"Superhero movie series? Isn't that inappropriate?" Mr. Eisen asked with some confusion.

In fact, in the past two years, the Hollywood film industry has had a love-hate relationship with superhero movies.

The huge success of the "Spider-Man" series has made many film companies jealous.

However, even more companies have lost their original capital, especially this year's "Superman Returns", which cost 2.7 million US dollars and suffered heavy losses, making many film and television companies reluctant to make it.

Disney certainly hopes that Lin Yuan can provide some plans for fantasy movies, such as: "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Lord of the Rings", and "Harry Potter", which are successful representatives.

But Lin Yuan proposed a series of superhero movies?
Are you not satisfied with just one film and want to make it into a series?
"Believe me, this series will be a huge success. Show it to Disney, I believe they can see the potential of this series." Lin Yuan replied.

Of course he was very confident, because historically, two or three years later, Disney started to develop the "Avengers" series of movies and began to build the Marvel Universe.

In the past, superhero movies were shot individually.

Disney's creativity in packaging a large number of superheroes into the same movie and selling the whole package with increased quantity without increasing the price was immediately welcomed by the market and created what may be the most profitable film series in film history.

But if you want to shoot "Avengers", you have to shoot some pre-production movies first to let the audience get familiar with the superheroes before you can have a big gathering.

It's time to start filming the prequels. Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow... these movies should start.

Lin Yuan believed that Disney would definitely be very interested in this idea because it was an idea they came up with not long ago.

"Okay. Then I'll give it a try," said Mr. Eisen.

"Morgan Stanley's short-selling report will be released tomorrow, so you have to be prepared," Mr. Eisen reminded again.

"I know! After waiting for so long, it's finally time to give them a fatal blow!" Lin Yuan answered seriously.

With the complete failure of "Anger Management" at the box office, the general attack on the two film companies is about to begin.

The previous battlefield was the film market.

Starting tomorrow, the showdown will shift to the capital battlefield.

His feud with these two film companies will also come to an end in this bloodless way of war.

At this time, golden system text appeared in front of Lin Yuan:
[Legendary Action Star Mission, Ring 3: As a true king, you must use undisputed facts to crush any powerful enemy that stands in your way.]

[Have two action movies released in 2003, both of which took first and second place in the annual global box office charts.]

[Detected that the third ring mission has been completed, the host has obtained the distributable attribute: 15 points! ]

The rewards are still paid out in advance, and Lin Yuan has gotten used to it.

After all, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" will never surpass its two other films.

Lin Yuan opened his system panel:

【Name: Lin Yuan】

[Age: 21 years old]

【Strength: 21】

[Agility: 24]

[Physique: 20]

[Assignable attributes: 20]

【Legendary Talent: Life is a Drama】

[Skills: Master-level Swordsmanship, Master-level Parkour, Master-level Knife Throwing, Master-level Boxing and Kicks, Master-level Gunsmanship, Master-level Swordsmanship, Master-level Japanese, Master-level Gymnastics, Master-level Driving, Master-level Aquatics, Master-level Massage, Master-level Axemanship, Master-level Running and Jumping]

[Action scene danger level B, host success rate: 90%.]

The last time we were filming "Lin Yuan and His Wife", we jumped over Niagara Falls and got 5 attribute points, but Lin Yuan didn't use them.

This time, he completed the series of tasks and gained another 15 points, which increased his attributes to 20 points.

This means that he has the initial possibility to challenge A-level action scenes.

Countless thoughts flashed through Lin Yuan's mind, and he will bring even more incredible surprises to the audience!
(End of this chapter)